Friends of Music support the musical happenings of First Congregational Church (Saginaw, MI). Members are music enthusiasts from the congregation and/or community at large -- members are aficionados of the pipe organ, choral music, chamber music, and the like. The church, which dates to 1868, is acoustically superb. The congregation is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and has recognized excellence and eclecticism in its musical offerings since the 1800’s.

Monday, February 9, 2015

First Congregational Church, 403 S. Jefferson Avenue,announces its Lenten noonday recital
series that features regional organists, a flute player, and a prominent parochial
middle school choir.Free and open to
the public, each concert listed below takes place in the church sanctuary and
lasts thirty minutes.

Robert Hart – Flute

Friday, February 20, 2015 |
12:15 p.m.

Nicholas Schmelter – Organ

Friday, February 27, 2015 |
12:15 p.m.

Dr. Carl Angelo – Organ

Friday, March 6, 2015 | 12:15
p.m.

Dr. Steven Egler – Organ

Friday, March 13, 2015 | 12:15
p.m.

James Gladstone – Organ

Friday, March 20, 2015 | 12:15
p.m.

The Choir of St. Lorenz Middle
School

Friday, March 27, 2015 | 12:15
p.m.

One week after the final noonday recital, on Good Friday,
April 3, at 7:00 p.m., the Exultate Deo Chamber Choir will perform “Music of
Holy Week” – conducted by Robert Sabourin, the choir will sing classic hymns
and anthems for Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday. Exultate Deo is made up of professional and semi-professional
singers from the region who share a love of sacred choral repertoire. Nicholas
Schmelter, organist for the program, will play organ voluntaries for each of
the three days of Holy Week.The concert,
the penultimate event of the 2014-2015 Friends
of Music series, is open to the public free of charge. Donations will be
received to provide for future events.

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First Congregational Church is one of the finest facilities for music and musical outreach in the region. The sanctuary boasts an organ built by the Ernest M. Skinner Company of Boston (1929) restored and enlarged by Scott Smith Pipe Organs (2014). The chapel houses an unaltered two-manual, nine rank pipe organ, built by the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Inc. (Opus 1327). Among other instruments First Congregational Church houses two Steinway pianos, two harpsichords, six octaves of handbells, and dozens of recorders, percussion instruments, and Orff instruments.